Project Grant SBAHQ23I0009

The Our Neighbors' Table, Inc. was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects (CFP) federal grant program. The award will support efforts to achieve food security in the Lower Merrimack Valley communities of Massachusetts by 2029 through providing critical infrastructure to more efficiently supply local, healthy food to food insecure households. Specifically, the funding will allow...

This federal Project Grant award of $748,840 was provided by the Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, a civilian agency, under the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFDA 10.225). The grant will fund a school-based community food project proposed by Quincy Asian Resources Inc. (QARI), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to address food security needs for migrant and asylum-seeking families in New York City. The project will: (1) provide produce bags to 800 families...

The Community Through Colors organization will receive $1,372,700.22 in federal funding under a Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program (CFPCGP). The grant will support building a food system for low-income communities in Vieques, Puerto Rico from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. As described in the CFPCGP, the funding will bring together stakeholders across the local food...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Eastmont Community Center, a non-profit organization, to provide hot meals, food distribution, and social services to low-income families in California in order to reduce poverty. The grant is funded through the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493), which provides financial assistance for special Congressionally directed projects or programs. The grant period...

This $200,000 Project Grant awarded on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251) will support economic development and community development activities undertaken by Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Inc. (doing business as Second Harvest Foodbank). As the prime recipient,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $772,000 Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) grant to the Little Village Community Foundation Corp. in Chicago, IL 60623. The 4-year project, starting September 2024, aims to support early-stage food businesses and individuals from the Little Village and surrounding communities on the South and West sides of Chicago. Key services and activities include: Providing bilingual technical...

The Dorchester Community Food Co-Operative, Inc. was awarded a $444,525.80 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects (CFP) federal grant program (CFDA 10.225). The two-year grant will support the Co-Op's initiative to build a new food co-op in Dorchester, MA to provide affordable, sustainably sourced groceries focusing on local products. The co-op aims to nourish and employ the diverse community while...

The Centro Cultural Del Condado De Washington (CCCDW) received a $732,300.22 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) on July 15, 2022 to support community food projects through July 14, 2026. Under NIFA's Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP), which aims to improve local food systems through collaboration across sectors, CCCDW will deliver services to foster understanding of food security and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $772,000 four-year Project Grant under the Community Food Projects (CFDA 10.225) program to Project New Village, a Black-led, community-rooted non-profit in San Diego, California. The project aims to address food and nutrition insecurity in underserved communities by: 1) collaborating with a local high school culinary arts program to develop young people's capacity to prepare value-added and...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $375,300, was issued on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The purpose of the award is to support an economic development or community development initiative in Somerville, MA. The specific project activities and outcomes are not yet known,...